Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-09-22

Lee Usher and one Thomas got into a fight
last NLsnday, and the latter, who was almost
helplessiy drunk, was badly beaten up and
severely injured. 1t is said that Usher
kicked him while down, being insdgated to
do so by friends looking on, while Thomas
appeared to have no friends. Both men
were arrested, and Thomas plead guilty and
was fined SIS. Usher stood his trial and
came off with only a fye-dollar fine. Was
Thomas socked the more heavily because he
had the misfortune to get the worst of the
| fight
To Prof. Vance belongs the honor Of cap
went out last Saturday morning, squirrel
hunting, in company with Prof. Scott. They
meandered down to the vicinity of the white
schoolhouse below Logtown, and at noon
had bagged few squirrels. Then Prof. s.
returned home, leaving his companion to
finishsthe hunt, s0Ius. About fifteen min
| utes later, q lucky shot secured the venison,
| portion of which decorated the EDITORS
| table next day, and truly ''filled a long felt
want" May YOUR luck never desert you,
Professor!
August Trauernicht, of Iron Mountain,
died Wednesday morning, September 14;h,
at 7.30 O'Clock, and was buried at Middle
brook Thursday, September 18th, at O'Clock
P. NJ. The funeral, under the auspices of
the Masonic Lodge of Iron Mountain, was
one of the largest ever had in Iron county,
forty -seven carriages, besides numbers on
foot being In attendance. August Trauer-
NIGHT was born in Herzog- Braunschweig,
Williams Hittie, Germany, and came to this
country in 1851. Was for a long time en-
gagged at Pilot Knob as mouider, during
which time the editor OF this paper UNDER
took to learn the trade of moulding with
him. For the last 90 years he was employed
by the Iron Mountain Company, to whom he
gave entire satisfaction. He leaves six sons,
who are all engaged in business, and are
credit to their parents, the wife of the de-
ceased surviving him. He was So years,
months and 10 days. Peace to his ashes.
And now comes the Fall-the fall of the
year when the leaves fall, and Fall poets fall
upon the literary editor with their sere and
yellow leaf produetions-and can get them
IN themselves, for the waste basket is always
kept in sight, SO that the poets can either |
HiC tucII CnctIlcSS tuuSIOus themselves OF
see them filed for them where they will do |
the most good later on in the year by kind |
ling a fire. in the stove-a way to assist in |
creating flame which they could not ac-
complish in any other way; when the enter |
prising merchant swoops down upon the |
printing Office with his great Fall advertise |
ment; and when other things fall (the rays |
of the sun obliquely, for instance); all falls |
that ought to fall except coal-and that Is |
advancing fits co(a)ld day when the great |
coal dealers get left1; and coffee which |
continues stroDg-strong In the stores where |
they have yet to sell it in that high way, but |
weak in some of the places where the brawny |
get it at their meals, and where it would be |
better to give it to them once a week and |
give it to them strong than give it to them |
every day, as now, and give it to them weak; |
when we could appropriately write upon
the fall of Adam and Eve. and all that; but |
il we failed to fall upon all the facts, " great |
would be the fall thereof" which would let
US out-and 1t does.